The last surviving female twin to be rescued by Mary Slessor, a Scottish Missionary in Arochukwu Ancient Kingdom of Abia, over a century ago, Madam Malinda Mgbafor Okereke, otherwise called Mama Nsu Bekee, is dead. A statement issued on behalf of the family by the only surviving son of the deceased, Bishop Okechukwu Okereke, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday, disclosed that she died at the age of 115. According to the statement, the centenarian and her twin sister, Mgbokwo, were born…
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“No One Said Justice Okoro Went To Collect Bribe” – Odinkalu Warns Supreme Court Visit To Benin Risks “Contaminating Perception Of Impartiality
Cites Judicial Code, Warns Against “Casualisation of Judges” Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has issued a scathing critique of the Nigerian judiciary, accusing a senior Supreme Court Justice of undermining judicial impartiality by appearing in Benin City on June 12, 2025—just two days after the Edo State governorship election petition appeal was filed at the apex court. In a series of strongly worded posts on X (formerly Twitter), Odinkalu cited the Judicial Code of Conduct and warned that “appearance of bias” is…
Read MoreLuwe Nneiri Umuduru Community Protests Arrest Of Indigenes Over Umuduru Motor park.
…Says: Courts had ruled in their favour . …Faults Isiala Mbano LG chair’s removal of indigene from park mgt. The people of Luwe Nneiri Umuduru in Isiala Mbano LGA ,Imo state on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over alleged arrest of their youths by the police over the issue of Umuduru motor park. One of the protesters that converged at the motor park near the Isiala Mbano LGA headquarters, Umuelemai, Duruoha Chima Iwueke who introduced himself as an indigene of Luwe Nneiri , and the assistant secretary of the…
Read MoreAmaimo Umukabia Community, Ehime Mbano LG Boils Over Imposed PG, Youth Leader.
…Govt officials fingered The sleeping Amaimo, Umukabia autonomous community in Ehime Mbano LGA Government, will soon be turned into a theatre of war if the brewing crisis in the area is not nipped in the bud. Investigation revealed that the crisis which gathers momentum, is not unconnected to the struggle for who becomes the President-General,PG, Youth Leader, Woman leader and other executive positions of the town Union of the autonomous community. Trouble started when the leadership of Ehime Mbano Local Government decided to rejig the town Union leadership of every…
Read MoreUgochinyere Marks 2nd Year In Office, With Donation Of Transformers, Boreholes In 25 Communities, Sponsors 40 Bills, Others*
…Vows to intensify people-oriented representation. The member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo state, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere has expressed optimism that his tenure as a lawmaker in the 10th House of Representatives will be a reference point for people-oriented representation. Ugochinyere stated this in an address in commemoration of his second anniversary as a House of Representatives member. According to him, since assuming office in June 2023, he has ensured that the dividends of democracy get to his people and he has continually strives to get them the needed…
Read MoreNigerians Will Hold You Responsible If Tinubu Wins Again in 2027–Northern Democrats Blast Atiku, Obi
On Wednesday, June 11, Leadership Newspaper reported that the League of Northern Democrats (LND) has issued a serious warning to opposition leaders such as Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. The group said that if their inability to form a united front results in President Bola Tinubu winning re-election in 2027, the blame will rest with them. Dr. Ladan Salihu, serving as LND’s National Publicity Secretary, accused the opposition of allowing personal ambition to override the collective effort to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC). He explained, “Nigerians will hold the…
Read MorePastor Prophesies Davido’s Rise, Says, I Saw Him Becoming President
Pastor John Anosike, President and Senior Pastor of New World Faith Ministries (Spirit Revelation Church) in Cape Town, South Africa, has shared a compelling prophecy regarding Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. BREAKING NEWS: Video Goes Viral , Watch The Embarrassing Moment As 35-Time Grammy Winner Beyonce’s Pants Falls During Her Performance in London. In a video making rounds online, Pastor Anosike declared that Davido has received a divine calling to play a vital role in rescuing Nigeria’s economy. He went further to predict that the artist…
Read MoreUS-based Catholic priest captured by Boko Haram upon return to Nigeria
A Nigerian-born priest who served in the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, for more than half a decade has been captured by the terrorist group Boko Haram after returning to his home country. Fairbanks Bishop, Steven Maekawa, OP, said in a statement this week that Father Alphonsus Afina was “captured by Boko Haram as he was serving the Church in the Diocese of Maiduguri” in the Nigerian state of Borno. Afina served in the Alaskan diocese for six and a half years before returning to Nigeria last April, the bishop said.…
Read MoreNigeria’s Ex-CJN Mohammed Uwais, Nigeria’s Former CJN Dies At 89
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, has died at the age of 88. The former CJN died in the early hours of Friday, according to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, Dr Kayode Ajulo. Uwais served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1995 until his retirement in 2006. Following his retirement, he chaired the Presidential Electoral Reform Committee inaugurated by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The committee included prominent figures such as Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah and human rights lawyer, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN.…
Read MoreIMOPOLY NON-ACADEMIC STAFF UNION, APPLAUDS UZODINMA’S MILESTONES IN THE INSTITUTION, DRAWS ATTENTION TO MORE PROMOTIVE INTERVENTION.
Recently, the Non-Academic staff Union of the ImoState Polytechnic, Omuma, lauded Governor Hope Uzodimma for Merging the three campuses of the institution; a move the Union noted would enhance Administrative Cohesion, and facilitate the development of the institution. The Union, led by Comrade M.l. Opara, hailed the Governor’s commitment and proactiveness in ensuring that the challenges facing the Polytechnic, in Course Accreditation were put to rest. The Union emphasized that such milestone has put the institution on sound pedestal to be able to continue to deliver on its mandate as…
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